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Cookie policy

Last updated: 17 July 2026

What this covers

Cookies and similar browser storage help a site remember information. Some are required for OpenTuition to work; optional Google advertising and YouTube storage are controlled by your privacy choice. This policy should be read with our Privacy Policy.

Required storage

Name or type	Why it is used	Typical duration
`laravel-session`	Keeps you signed in and maintains the current secure session.	Session / about 2 hours of inactivity
`XSRF-TOKEN`	Helps prevent forged form and account requests.	About 2 hours
`tz`	Remembers your timezone so dates and times are displayed correctly.	Up to 180 days
Security and preference state	Remembers security checks, accessibility choices and your privacy selection.	Varies by purpose

Required storage is not used to personalise advertising and cannot be switched off through our preference panel.

Matomo audience measurement

We use a self-hosted Matomo installation to understand which public pages are useful and to diagnose site performance. It is configured with disableCookies, so it does not set Matomo analytics cookies. Query strings and fragments are removed before a page view is sent, and private account, message and result routes are excluded. We use this limited measurement for our legitimate interest in maintaining and improving OpenTuition.

Google advertising

Google AdSense may use cookies or similar identifiers for advertising, fraud prevention, measurement and, where you consent, personalisation. The exact names and durations are set by Google and can change. If full-IP sharing is enabled for an eligible ad request, the request may include your full IP address. Rejecting optional storage does not stop required security functions; Google may still show limited or non-personalised ads where the law and its systems allow.

Learn more in Google's advertising technologies notice.

YouTube videos

Embedded YouTube players are held behind a privacy screen until your Google consent choice permits them or you choose to load a particular video. Loading a video connects to YouTube and may let Google store or read identifiers and receive your IP address, device details and the page containing the video. We use YouTube's privacy-enhanced embed domain where supported, but Google can still process data after the player is loaded.

See Google's Privacy Policy for details.

Change your choice

Use Privacy and cookie settings in the footer to accept, reject or change optional Google choices at any time. Withdrawal applies to future use; an already loaded external service may have received information before you changed the setting. Your browser can also delete stored cookies, but this is not required to use our preference control.